Architecting the Knowledge Infrastructure
Knowledge is not something organizations possess but something they continuously generate through relationships, decisions, and practices.
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Epistemic Humility and Control of the Frame
Knowledge is always partial, and meaningful insight emerges through the integration of different perspectives. Systems that recognize this enable learning and adaptation; those that don’t default to false certainty and fragmented work. When conversations shift from shared understanding to control of the frame, knowledge flow breaks—and progress requires changing the structure of the interaction, not improving the argument.
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The Pain Train: Why I Write
Together, we can figure out how to stop riding the pain train. And start doing more knowledge work.
Play is Work is Play
Play is how humans experiment, combine ideas, and discover patterns. I couldn’t remember the last time I’d played.
Beliefs Become Systems
When architecting systems, the hardest work isn’t changing technology -- it’s changing the beliefs that generate the systems we build.
Introducing Systems ReArchitected
Architecting Systems, Systems ReArchitected, and the flow of knowledge.
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Collaborative Modeling
Collaborative modeling creates conceptual integrity, essential for systems design.
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Making Time for Thinking
As we move toward thinking together about a system of interrelated software, the conceptual load can become overwhelming. We don’t need to control everything. What we need is … time to think.
Why Knowledge Flow Matters
If you want to succeed in a knowledge economy… architect Knowledge Flow
Communication Patterns - APIs
As complexity increases, more software parts act as a source of information -- with layers that govern communication.
Communication Patterns - Decoupling
"Reducing coupling doesn’t necessarily reduce the risk of making a mistake when changing a single element. Reducing coupling reduces the number of elements changing at once and reduces the chances that you’ll miss one of the elements that need to change in sync." -- Kent Beck
Communication Patterns - Streams
Event streams make information a continuous, shared flow that software can consume, revisit, and transform as needs evolve.
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This morning, I am snark-bested by ChatGPT
Perhaps I have trained my assistant a bit too well. She is now the plucky comic relief side kick in my inner hero movie.
Enough of What? An Exercise.
A writing exercise to uncover ‘enough of what?’ in which I share TMI and link to cool stuff.
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Knowledge Flow
Explore how knowledge moves through people, practices, architecture, and software.
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Develop the practices needed to work with complexity.
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That’s What AI Said.